For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. - Hebrews 7:26-27.
What a glorious and grace-filled blessing we have received in Christ Jesus! As a “priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek," our Lord and Savior offered the greatest sacrifice for our sins. He needed not first offer a sacrifice for His own sins because He is sinless! Thus His holy sacrifice was perfect in every way. His sacrifice was sufficient in every way. His sacrifice was complete in every way.
What Christ did for us sinners has no equal in the soteriological realm. Nothing can come remotely close to what Jesus did for us to insure our eternal salvation. And the very fact that Christ saved us guarantees our salvation. If one ever needed assurance it lies in Hebrews 7:26-27.
“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.” - John 17:9. Christ does only what the Father has asked Him to do and because Him of His selfless sacrifice we are safe in the bosom of God! And to think: there are those poor lost souls among us whom believe they can actually affect their own salvation by their own works . . . .
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. - Hebrews 10:23. We need not fear or doubt our salvation when we know that our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, shed His own blood as a promise of redemption for us. His was the ultimate sacrifice. His is the perfect guarantee. May we always hold fast to our faith in Christ.
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